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To: Clarence Dodge who wrote (5925)2/5/1999 8:06:00 PM
From: Spots  Read Replies (1) of 14778
 
Clarence, you have arrived <g>.

You are now asking yourself the same questions we all are,
with your own personal twist, of course, which is as it
should be because we all have our own needs, preferences,
comfort zones, etc.

I'm sure you know there are no pat answers (unless your
name happens to be Pat<g>).

Here's my quick answer to the (I think) main question you
posed: I would implement a dual boot backup JUST because
it is there when you need it with ABSOLUTELY no other
intervention required. Suppose you can't find your &^%$&^%
PM or DOS/Win98 boot floppy when you've been struck. Ha!
the bios let's you boot your backup with no intervention.
Sort of a freedom call: Depend On Nobody.

That's more or less why I keep screwing around with primary
partitions despite the convenience of extended ones.

I would still put NT over Win98 on your IDE2 first primary
partition after converting it to FAT16. Then I would probably
clone the whole shebang into a backup image that could be
restored. I'm looking at my own ways of cloning right
now, but you and ZP are ahead of me on that, so you advise
me. End of my suggestions.

This is MY approach. You have to implement YOUR approach.

You are now a member of the club with all the responsibilities
for your own fate thereunto appertaining. So, decide it and
do it! Welcome aboard. The management is irresponsible <g>.

Spots

PS. Picked up both my PCs from Jon this afternoon. My
weekend looms. NOW we'll see if I have a clue what I'm
talking about ...
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